Fender actuating and locking device.



W. S. MENDEN.

FENDER AOTUATING AND LOOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1913.

1,085,1 5Q. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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W. S. MENDEN.

FENDER AOIUATING AND LOOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APRJiD, 1913.

1,685,150. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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W. S. MENDBN.

FENDER AGIUATING AND LOOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. so, 1913.

1,085,150. Patented Jan 27, 1914.

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STATE PATENT @FFICE.

WILLIAM S. MENDEN, OF BIEEOOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FENDER ACTUATING AND LOCKING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM S. MENDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fender Actuating and Locking Devices, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

This invention relates to car fenders such as are referred to in my co-pending application, Serial No. 739,756, and has for its object to provide improved means for retaining the fender inoperative at certain times when its operation would serve no useful function. Thus on a car in which each end is alternately the forward and rear end of the car depending on the direction of movement of said car, the fender on the rear end should be locked against accidental or mischievous intentional displacement. Otherwise, on a center entrance car there would ordinarily be no one near to reset the fender after it had been dropped or in the case of a car having an entrance on the rear end it would be a source of delay and annoyance for the conductor to be periodically obliged to reset the fender at times when gangs of boys repeatedly manipulate the fender for their own amusement.

Other and collateral objects will appear in the specification and be pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which my invention is exemplified in its application to a center entrance car.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a rapid transit car, showing a fender and operating mechanism therefor, parts being broken away and parts shown in section; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section of the forward end of said car; Fig. 3 is a similar fragmentary section of the rear end thereof; Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation, of one embodiment of the means for locking the trigger mechanism which controls the operation of the automatic fender; Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the forward end of a rapid transit car with another embodiment of my invention; Fig. 6 is a similar section of the rear end of said car; Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of the trigger locking device according to this embodiment.

Probably the preferred construction of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1913.

Patented Jan. 27,1914.

Serial No. 764,590.

rapid transit car fenders employed in the United States to-day, is that of the general type shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In said figure a car body 1 which is provided with the truck wheels 2, has depending from its overhanging end 3, suitable hangers 1, within the lower ends of which is ournaled a bar or rod 5, which serves to pivotally support a fender comprising in normal position a horizontal branch 6, a vertical branch 7 integral therewith, and an upwardly turned lever arm 8 which is integral with the branches 6 and 7. In front of the fender comprising parts 6, 7 and 8, is a trigger mechanism comprising a pendulum frame 9, which is adapted in the manner hereinafter explained to be operated by the bOClY of a person or any other body, to cause the fender to drop onto the rails into a position which prevents a body getting under the wheels. The pendulum frame 9 depends from a transverse bar or rod 10. Rigid with the bar or rod 10 is a crank arm 11 which is pivotally connected at 12 to the forward end of a connecting rod 18, said connecting rod having its rear end pivoted at 1 1 to the lever arm 8 of the fender. In normal inoperative position, the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which the knuckle 12 is below the line of centers of the rod 10 and pivot 14, the weight of the fender tending to hold the parts locked in this position. Keyed to the shaft 10 or otherwise rigidly secured thereto, is also a crank arm 15. Pivoted thereto at 16, is a bolt 17 which is rounded at its upper end 18, the rounded head generally being provided to afford a suitable purchase for the foot of the motorman, so that when the parts have become displaced, they can be readily returned to normal position by depressing the bolt 17.

From this description therefore, it will be seen that when the pendulum frame 9 is moved rearwardly, the crank arm 11 is swung in the same direction, the result being that the pivot 12 is raised above the line of centers of rod 10 and pivot 14. Consequently the weight of the fender comprising parts 6 and 7, is now unsupported and tends to continue the movement of the pivot 12 in an anti-clockwise direction, the result being that the horizontal portion 6 of the fender drops downwardly and positively intercepts any body which has previously actuated the depending frame 9.

One of the objections of a fender of this construction is the temptation to the small boy to manipulate the device when the parts have been left in the positions shown in Fig. 1 on the rear end of the car. Thus, by simply pressing the frame 9 inwardly, the parts are pivoted in an exactly similar manner to that in which they operate under actual running conditions when an obstruction is met with on the track. In order to prevent this mischievous interference, as well as the accidental operation of the device, the present invention contemplates the provision of suitable and eflicient means for preventing its operation at the wrong time or at those times when the motorman is not present to oversee its operation.

According to one embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, the bolt 17 is connected to the trigger mechanism in such a way as to bring the head 18 of the bolt to one side of the forward end of the plat-form (see Figs. 2 and 3). Adjacent the bolt 17, a stud 19 is secured to the floor 20 to form a fixed pivot of an inverted U shaped strap 21. The strap 21 is provided with a flat foot 22 on one end through a hole in which the bolt or stud 19 extends. A spring 23 is secured at one end to the bolt 19 and at its other end to the strap 21, being thus adapted to hold the strap 21 away from the bolt head 18 as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the collapsible partition 24 is set up as shown in Fig. 2, to form an inclosed compartment 25 for the motorman, the fender operating mechanism will be fully operative while the motorman is present. When however, the car is going in the opposite direction and this end of the platform in turn becomes the rear end of the car, it being desirable to increase the seating capacity according to the plan shown and described in my co-pending application Serial No. 7 39,756 which is referred to above, the partition 24 is collapsed as shown in Fig. 3, and the seat sect-ions 26 are set up in position for service. I In this action, the left hand portion of the partition 24 is moved against the strap 21 and serves to swing said strap about its pivot 19 until it covers the bolt 7 head 18 as shown in Fig. 4, a pin or stud 27 being suitably disposed to prevent the strap 21 being displaced beyond this position. The manipulation of this device is obvious from the foregoing description.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the trigger mechanism of the fender is operated in substantially the same manner, the main difference being that the bolt 17 is placed substantially central within the compartment 25, the head of said bolt being thereby placed in a position to be engaged by a cam plate or lug 28, which is rigid with the strut member 29 of a triangular seat supporting bracket, said bracket being provided with pivots 30 which are jo-urnaled respectively in horizontal plates 81, projecting forwardly from the controller box housing 32. WVhen the partition is unfolded in the position shown in Fig. 5 to form the motormans compartment, the bolt 17 will be released and the mechanism free for operation by reason of the seat supporting bracket being folded back against the motor box housing as shown in Fig. 5. A pair of laterally projecting flanges or lugs 33 are provided on the seat supporting bracket so that when said bracket is moved into position normal to the controller box housing 32 as shown in Fig. 6, said lugs or flanges 33 will be adapted to support adjacent edges of seat sections 26. It will be understood that the strap 21 in the first embodiment, and the cam plate or lug 28 in the second embodiment can be made to effect the trigger setting operation if desired, or such parts may act simply in the nature of a lock.

The devices adapted for forming the motormans compartment, partly illustrated in Fig. 5, but not described herein as it forms no part of the present invention, are more fully set forth and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 804:,226, filed Decemher 2, 1913.

What I claim is:

1. In a passenger car, the combination with an automatically operated fender and a trigger mechanism therefor, of a trigger setting device adapted to lock said trigger mechanism to prevent the operation of said fender, said trigger setting device being adapted to be automatically operated by a member movably connected to said car.

2. In a passenger car, the combination with an automatic fender, and a trigger mechanism for the same, of means for setting said trigger mechanism, and a member movably connected to said car for operating said trigger setting means.

3. In a passenger car, the combination with an automatic fender, and a trigger mechanism for the same, of means for setting said trigger mechanism, and a member movably connected to said car for operating said trigger setting means, said trigger setting means including an element extending through the platform of said car.

4. In a passenger car, the combination with an automatic fender and a trigger mechanism therefor, of means for setting said trigger mechanism, said means including a bolt extending through the platform of said car, and a member movable into and out of engagement with said bolt to lock and release said trigger setting means, said member being adapted to be held in operative engagement with said bolt by a portion of the car which is moved into position to actuate said member when the motorman is at the far end of the car and out of such position when the motorman is at the near end of said car.

5. In a rapid transit car, the combination with an automatic fender provided with a trigger mechanism, of a bolt o-peratably connected to said trigger mechanism, and a movable member adapted to depress said bolt to lock said fender.

6. In a rapid transit car, the combination with an automatic fender provided with a trigger mechanism, of a bolt operatably connected to said trigger mechanism, and a movable member adapted to depress said bolt to lock said fender, said movable member being adapted to be held in bolt-depressing position by a part movably connected to said car.

7. In a rapid transit car, an automatic fender, a trigger mechanism therefor, a depressible bolt connected to said trigger mechanism a swinging bracket movable into and out of seat-supporting position, and means carried by said bracket for depressing said bolt to lock said trigger mechanism.

WVILLIAM S. MENDEN.

WVitnesses WVM. A. CoUR'rLAND, F. J. CHARTTARD.

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